South Carolina bounced back after the midweek loss to Presbyterian with a win over Missouri in the series opener on Friday night, beating the Tigers 4-1 in the other Columbia.
The game was scoreless until the third inning, when the Gamecocks took a 1-0 lead on a one-out solo shot by Josiah Sightler. They tacked on two more runs in the fifth, when Colin Burgess walked with two outs and Sightler went yard again to make it a 3-0 game.
The Tigers’ only run of the game came on a one-out homer by Josh Day in the sixth inning that made the score 3-1.